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Hands on with the new Siemens MIL-STD-130 Verifiers. Many defense contractors have been using the Siemens UID Verifiers for quality control of their UID marks. The Siemens verifier has become the standard in the industry – indeed all the UID labels we print here at Winco ID are verified using one of these devices. While the Verifier […]

Suppliers to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics F-35 program are going to be asked to provide RFID labels on shipments starting in late 2008. According to RFID Update, suppliers involved in the program have already been notified of this change. The types of RFID tags and the format of encoding will be very much the same as […]

”Every day I experience life in the world of healthcare IT, supporting 3000 doctors, 18000 faculty, and 3 million patients. In [this] blog I record my experiences with infrastructure, applications, policies, management, and governance as well as muse on such topics such as reducing our carbon footprint, standardizing data in healthcare, and living life to […]

The latest version of MIL-STD-129, covering the labeling of packaging and pallets shipped to DoD, has introduced quite a few changes. To help contractors deal with this, WincoID has produced a set of templates for unit, inner, outer and MSL labels that meet the new requirements. The templates are for use with the current version […]

Many everyday labeling applications such as on printed circuit boards require printed bar codes, safety and warning labels with legibility and adhesive bonds that must survive high temperatures – upwards of 500 degrees F. Labels that fail are visible by your customers and can mean costly interruptions in production or shipping. What do you need […]